An initial public offering IPO is one of the most significant events incorporate life. It follows months even years of preparation. During the boomyears of the ... » 

An initial public offering IPO is one of the most significant events incorporate life. It follows months even years of preparation. During the boomyears of the late 1990s bull market IPOs of growth companies captured theimagination and pocketbooks of investors like never before.This book goes behind the scenes to examine the process of an offering from thedecision to go public to the procedures of a subsequent equity offering. Thebook is written from the perspective of an experienced investment bankerdescribing the hows and whys of IPOs and subsequent equity issues.Each aspect of an IPO is illustrated with plenty of international examplespitched alongside relevant academic research to offer a combination oftheoretical rigour and practical application.Topics covered arethe decision to go publiclegal and regulatory aspects of an offering marketing and researchvaluation and pricingallocations of shares to investorsexamination of fees and commissions Global perpective UK European and US practices regulations and examplesand case studies First hand experience written by an IPO trader with academic rigour Includes the changes in the market that resulted from 19982000 equity boom «